the call of the mycelium

dorian / they/them / minor / i'm a vegan antifascist witch. this is where those things come together. 

[mothcomrade-deactivated20251025]

everyone reblog and tag ur top three fruits i want to know

[witches-ofcolor]

The way Egyptologist treat dead bodies….like you could be a king and your body still isn’t respected. It’s just a gross reminder that black and brown bodies and our cultures are still not respected. I really do hate it. It’s not even about “spooky curses”, it’s about these folks customs being vehemently against their bodies being exposed or their items removed from their coffins. 

Please respect the fucking dead. Stop unearthing and opening Pharaohs coffins. Like literally the whole point was for them to go to the afterlife with their belongings IN their coffins. 

We may not want to acknowledge it, but that is racism. Your disrespect of a cultures that’s not yours, an African culture, is heavily racist. Considering Egyptology and the entire field of freaking archeology is racist af, this isn’t surprising. But like, really. 

[dankarchaeologymemes]

This is such a blatant misrepresentation of what archaeology (and Egyptology) is and how it works. Your post would have made sense if the Current Year was situated in the earlier half of the last century, but it is not. First of all, excavations currently being conducted in Egypt are mandated and supervised by the Egyptian government. No foreign team can just come in and yoink a mummy out and yeet it to some British museum. If you, as a team from a university outside of Egypt, want to dig anything at all in the country, you need to recieve a permit from the Egyptian government, and those permits aren’t just handed out willy nilly.

Second of all, mummies aren’t usually the thing that’s displayed in museums, its their sarcophagos. It is extremely difficult to display Egyptian mummified individuals in museums because of the special conditions the body requires to not decompose. There are exceptions of course, but public mummy displaying remains uncommon. 

Thirdly, Egyptian mummies aren’t exclusively the only graves being dug. Graves are dug all over the world, a good chunk of them in Europe (e.g., an absolute fuckton of Scandinavian burials) and Eastern Europe (e.g., an absolute fuckjillion of Pazyryk/Scythian kurgans). This isn’t something exclusive to Northern Africa and the Levant. 

And finally, grave sites make up a fraction of all archaeological excavations. Most archaeologists have never seen a skeleton up close on-site, much less stepped into an actual burial site. Archaeologists usually find ancient trash and architecture (if you’re lucky), and the same goes for Egyptologists. There isn’t an active seeking out of burial sites or graves, it actually really sucks to find those (in countries where archaeological work is regulated, i.e most of the developed world) because then a mountain of bureaucracy needs to be done and special permits need to be issued to unearth them, which btw, takes forever, and it halts the excavation process (which is already timed in advance by either the government or university; you can’t just dig forever), a process which is meant to enrich our knowledge of the past, not to find someones bones and put them on display. 

I highly suggest stepping into an archaeological excavation or talking to actual archaeologists/Egyptologists before making such wild and inaccurate accusations. 

[witches-ofcolor]

I will just copy and paste what I said in my original addition: 

No amount of “they have permission” negates the fact that these people did not want to be dug up, and that it is highly disrespectful and dismissive of their culture to do so- And this isn’t new–There are many cultures who don’t like their burial grounds being disturbed. You have permission? To unearth a body of a culture who doesn’t want to be dug up by a government that doesn’t even currently practice what Ancient Egyptians practiced? And that makes it okay? No amount of permission changes the fact that you are actively disrespecting what this culture believed and their burial customs by digging them up. They have absolutely no voice for themselves. Permission isn’t always ethical, nor right, especially when there’s no current representative to the culture. I’m glad you have permission to unearth the graves of people who did not want to be unearthed and place a high value on the afterlife. The fact that this happens, and that their objects are removed for display practically proved that you do not give a damn about them or their culture. I am not interested in the “ethics” or “permissions” or how the field has changed, when you’re still disrespecting a culture, and refusing to see the racism in these actions.

Would you like your remains to be dug up when your customs say otherwise? Would you like it if a government that didn’t even practice your religion gave you the say so? Especially considering now a days there are alternatives to digging up people’s graves. 

No amount of permission excuses the fact that you are disrespecting a culture by unearthing it and removing parts from a grave, when said culture made it clear they didn’t want this to happen. At least when talking about the graves of the majority of Egyptian kings and royalty. 

[gayforbagels]

This is an ongoing conversation in archaeology and anthropology circles, especially regarding indigenous affairs: archaeology in itself is racist, colonial, and disrespectful to the dead AND the living.

It’s tough, because archaeological roots are set in such historical contexts that are still engrained today, and the dead should be left alone. But, with burials in particular, they can be extremely rich in cultural and historical information, with richer burials providing more information on local trade, commerce, societal structure, etc. Such information being received while maintaining ethical responsibility to respect the dead and their living descendants is certainly possible without excavation.

Current Archaeology ethics dictate that either local/regional governments (the above example being the Egyptian government) and/or bodies descended from the group in question be involved in every step of a project, including whether excavation even occurs. Refusal to allow excavation is particularly common in Indigenous archaeology because excavation can be so destructive.

Egyptology in particular is an extremely white circle still. There has been ongoing debate that Egyptology should only be carried out by Egyptian archaeologists, and that African archaeology in general must be reclaimed from colonial domination. But, a lot of archaeological circles are still missing the point that excavation is still destructive and disrespectful to the dead. Is the trade-off of ethical violation worth it for such information?

Excavation should be the last resort for gathering historical and cultural information. There are equally enriching methods to getting such information. The problem is, excavation is flashy and grabs attention of the people and the media more than an ethnographic study. It also brings in more tourists, and by extension, boosts local and national economies. So, many governments allow continuous excavations to generate tourism buzz.

They completely disregard their ethical responsibility to the dead (their own people) to exploit them for profit.

[riibrego]

sweet citrus

[styrke-deactivated20240722]

life doesn’t end at 25. life doesn’t end at 27 or 30 either. life doesn’t end at 35 or 45. life doesn’t end at 65. it doesn’t matter how old you are, when you decide to get your high school degree or start a family. it doesn’t matter when you decide to go run a marathon or go travel the world. life is not made up by numbers, age is, and your age is not all that you are. you got time. life doesn’t end until it ends.

[darksilenceinsuburbia]

[damnitamber-deactivated20160624]

From Casa Susanna: Photographs from a 1950s Trans Hideaway

[femmevoid]

these photos of casa susanna were the first pictures i ever saw of trans women in the past and theyve been important to me since coming out

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

these pictures are very rare and very important. 

[transstudent]

Read the full story of Casa Susanna here.

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[liberalsarecool]

Never normalize Nazis.

[fanfckery]

I hate _% of people statistics being used like “oh it’s such a small number” cause 1% is a small number but 1% of 7 billion is 70 million. That’s more than the population of the UK, France or Italy.

6% of the US is 19 million, as stated above. There are only 3 states that have over 19 million people in them. 19 million is the population of the entire state of New York. That’s more than half the population of California.

Taking populations and turning them into percentages is okay until you try to say “oh that’s not a lot of people” but the reality is… That’s millions. That’s enough to be its own country. That’s fucking scary.

[suicunesrider]

Like don’t get me wrong, that’s nicer than the idea that Americans are split pretty 50/50 on such issues…. but that’s still 3 neo-Nazis for every Jew in the country.    6% is a nice, softened way of saying “over 1 in 20 people”.

[shoshanah-ben-hohim]

3 neo-Nazis for every Jew in the country. 

3 neo-Nazis for every Jew in the country. 

3 neo-Nazis for every Jew in the country. 

Let that sink in. Then think about how your Jewish friends and neighbors feel right now, and have been feeling all this time.

[memewhore]

[bananahomo]

I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.

dude.

$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.

[queeranarchism]

Anyone who is paperwork-smart and looking for a direct action they can do from home: THIS IS IT. Offer your time online to help people with this. Either directly or by creating a website that takes people through the forms for each hospital in super easy mode.

Because when you’re recovering from an illness or when you’re chronically ill or if you’re just not that good with paper work or the english language... this kind of shit can be a wall that’s too high to climb. So help people over.

[underworldariel-deactivated2021]

Everyday Magic 🌻✨

Witchcraft comes in all shapes and sizes, and so do us witches. We can’t all always afford the same items, time, energy, spaces to practice larger bouts of magic, and that can leave us feeling a little lost or sad that we haven’t practiced or performed anything.

But, don’t fear, little birds, because I have a whole list of different types of tiny magic practices and there’s definitely something here for everyone! Whether you don’t have many spoons or can’t scrape much cash together, there’s every day magic for you.

Kitchen Craft:

Sprinkle some dried herbs into your smoothies, pasta sauces, or dips to invoke their correspondences and intents

Stir clockwise to manifest intentions or anticlockwise to banish/let go of thoughts

Drink different herbal teas for different intents, like ginger tea for clarity and grounding

Coloured utensils! Keep different coloured pots, cups, or spoons to use in baking. Pink cups for love drinks, green spoons for money magic, and so on

Keep store bought dried herbs for spells if you struggle with/cannot have real plants

Draw sigils with the sauces you apply to your food

Make your own breads and sauces and turn the recipes into different spells

Home Craft:

Sprinkle a herb onto the floor and leave to sit for a few minutes before you vacuum to bless your home with that intent

Let a black candle burn by the front door to cleanse off negative energies which may have come through it

Light basil incense around the house for new beginnings and cleansing

Keep a money jar, and each time you add to it, make a wish for future prosperity. When you break it, spend the money you need to or give it away to the less fortune/charities to spread the fortune it brought you

Make essential oil sprays to spruce up a room with your intent easily, but be sure to do your research (here’s two to start you off)

Play calming playlists to re-energise your home, I personally like to use forest sounds

Hang herb bundles on doors to invite their intents in, like a bundle of basil and lavender for prosperous and positive new beginnings

Set out diffusers and match the number of sticks to an angel number you wish to invoke, such as four for support and family

Bathroom Craft:

Soaps and shampoos with scents/ingredients/colours matching what you wish to invoke

Add petals or herbs to your bath to bless yourself in their intents

Sing chants, songs and poems in the shower about how you want your day to go

Carve sigils and runes into your bars of soaps

Draw sigils into the smoked up glass and mirrors

Keep a white flannel for cleaning the bathroom, and could even put herbs or magic water onto whilst doing so

Sleep Craft:

You can put any manner of things under your pillow to invoke their intents, from sigils to leaves to crystals to money

Read a story before bed similar to what you want to manifest into your own life, such as a love story or a poem about being courageous

Sleep with a playlist with calms you to ease yourself into rest when you’re struggling

Say goodnight to your guides or ancestors!

If possible and healthy, wake up to an alarm at an angel number to ‘fit’ your day to that energy, for instance, if you have to get up at 6am, try 5:55 instead

Travel Craft:

Pack yourself a mini witch kit if you don’t have access to your things. You can include mini herb hard, micro crystals, a small pen and paper, string, and a small birthday candle, for instance

Talk to your guides and beings in this time in your mind to wish them well and ask them for advice or to accompany you if you wish

Take a moment to listen to the natural bustling world around you between having your headphones on

Say any prayers you wish to give in your mind at this time

Trace sigils on the windows or surfaces around you

Write sigils into your shoes for safe travel and unsore feet

Wear crystal pendants associated with safe travel

You can learn on the go! Whether it’s books, blogs, or podcasts, this would be a good time to dedicate to learning new craft

Work Craft:

A desk plant is still a plant, and you can use it as a spell of growth in your career

Bring lunch with you that you’ve magically prepared at home (kitchen magic above!)

If you’re someone who doodles as they work, but you don’t want to be told off or caught, keep an empty pen for drawing out invisible sigils (but make sure it’s really empty)

Keep spell sachets for success at the bottom of your work bag

Garden/Nature Craft:

Collecting ethically and sustainably can take a lot of research, so when you’re unsure, simply use the ‘discards’ rule. Take only what you see is discarded by nature, such as broken off stems or fallen wilted flower heads, sticks from the ground, or leaves also. Be sure you know if they’re safe to use, touch, or eat though

In your own garden, plant all year round and native plants if you don’t have much time for upkeep

Use food waste as compost for your plants! This is an easy way to recycle otherwise landfilled food waste whilst also giving your plants a nutritional meal for them. Take a read here about composting.

Keep window boxes for your plants if space is an issue, or even a vertical plant holder

Strolling/being in nature, parks, and gardens is a brilliantly way to recharge you and your tools

Art Craft:

Paint your dreams and what you wish to manifest

Sing songs about your desires and wishes

Work with colours reflecting the intentions you wish to invoke

Before using a canvas, lightly wash it down in magic water with any herbs or spices which reflect your intent for the piece you’re making

Weave your crystals into pendulums and jewellery to bond with them

Sew sigils into the inside of your clothing or bags

Sew a dried herb pouch into the inside of a bag or coat to bless it with these things (but be sure to do so properly and not let it get wet to avoid mould)

Write letters and poems to the universe thanking it or asking for blessings

Divination Craft:

A pendulum can be made out of anything and string. Whilst crystals and pure metals and such are nice, don’t overlook a metal key or a beach stone

You can make your own deck, tarot or oracle, and it can be as detailed or not detailed as you like

Homemade runes can be made in an oven! Hunt around for people’s various different methods of home cast runes

Your own body can be a pendulum if you concentrate on the question and allow your sway to take you

If you’re a scryer, you don’t need a crystal ball, a regular mirror can work with your technique, but always do your research on the method nonetheless

Keeping PDFs on meanings is 100% valid, okay, and actually a really wise thing to do! They can help look at your spreads in a way you didn’t initially see

You can pull a card a day without having a set question

Sunlight and moonlight can charge your decks

Selenite is known to be a good charger for any and all tools

[shortkingzuko]

i wont talk too much about texas but just cuz i havent seen any posts saying this:

do not bring a barbecue or charcoal burner inside to cook/heat the place. you will die. people die from it every year. just layer and stay away from outdoor walls and windows as best as you can

[shortkingzuko]

realized i should maybe elaborate just a tad.

bringing a barbecue or charcoal burner inside will likely result in carbon monoxide poisoning, especially if you’re using them as heaters. there’s a reason why both of those objects are intended to be used in open spaces with good air flow. using them inside - likely in a room with the doors and windows closed - will fill the room up with carbon monoxide, which is a scentless, invisible gas. unlike ‘typical’ gas leaks, you won’t be able to identity it based on a nasty smell or colour, and if you’ve never experiences the early stages of CO poisoning, you probably won’t be able to identity the symptoms off the top of your head (headache, confusion, dizziness, etc).

every time there’s a large snow storm where i live, reports come days later that people have died from CO after bringing BBQs inside. ik it’s tempting, esp when it’s so cold, but you really have to leave them outside.

[rapeculturerealities]

J.K. Rowling and the White Supremacist History of “Biological Sex”

We should not dismiss the debates around Rowling’s tweets as merely a distraction from the important anti-racist work at hand. In fact, Rowling’s transphobic statements are embedded in the history of white supremacy. As many people are engaging in conversations about how white supremacy has shaped so many of our political and social institutions, there is no better time than the present to talk about how “biological sex” and “sexual difference” were created over time to protect, promote, and police the boundaries of whiteness.

Rowling’s statements are also embedded in a history of anti-lesbianism.  Anti-lesbianism and anti-Black racism have a shared history: the white supremacist history of “biological sex.”  Although Rowling claims the existence of transgender people somehow “erases” women and lesbians and although Rowling feels she is somehow supporting lesbian political claims, Rowling’s statements reiterate all sorts of historically racist/anti-lesbian tropes. Further, it is actually Rowling and other so-called “gender-critical feminists” who are erasing lesbians and lesbian history. Rowling ignores the long history of lesbian opposition, particularly Black lesbian feminist opposition by those in Combahee River Collective, to biological ideas about sex. Thus, Rowling’s defense of biological sex in the name of lesbians redoubles the valorization of whiteness by neglecting Black lesbian feminist histories.

read more

[whoneedssexed]

European doctors and scientists viewed Black women’s physiologies as a sign of sexual excess and aberration. The early development of European theories about Black women’s “biological sex” had lasting impact. Numerous scientists and medical doctors used interpretations of “Hottentot” bodies to develop a wide range of theories about sexuality and sexual pathology. One example is that late 19th-century sexologists first articulated lesbianism as a sexually degenerate pathology. Lesbianism was conceived as a defect in achieving the sexual dimorphism proper to white folks. In sexology, gynecology, and evolutionary biology, European lesbians and Black women were said to share the same evolutionary physiology. In other words, white European lesbians had either “devolved” down the evolutionary ladder to be Black or had never achieved the proper phylogenetic state as their proper heterosexual European sisters. Sexologists believed that if one examined a white lesbian’s labia or clitoris, one would find the atavistic traits of the “Hottentot.”

The scientific racism of sexologists also informed the rise of modern-day police forces, which evolved not only from American slave patrols, but from late 19th century French municipal regulations that policed sex and prostitution in an effort to control outbreaks of syphilis. Criminologists theorized that “the prostitute,” like the lesbian, was a predatory personage with a degenerate racial-sexual physiology that matched “Hottentot” bodies. Previous to these municipal regulations, sex work was only an occasional or seasonal act for many agrarian women. However, when French law and medical science declared that the prostitute was a distinct individual that needed to be regulated, agrarian women who periodically visited port cities to engage in sexual commerce were subsequently forbidden from traveling back to their homes and had to remain hostage as “prostitutes”—by order of the police—in order to undergo regular medical checks for syphilitic decay and to work as police informants.  

Left untreated, syphilis is a slow-acting bacterial infection where the body, over time, begins to show sores and lesions and where bodily features deteriorate. Syphilis can also have debilitating neurological effects. Thus, for European sexologists, syphilis was not only a cause of physical degeneracy, it was the sign of a deeper inherited degeneracy. As the prostitute with syphilis aged, it was thought that the “mannish,” atavistic traits of her Black/lesbian primitivity were appearing over time. In other words, as the prostitute aged, she became less sexually dimorphic and devolved into a state of folly—a reveal of her true nature. By corollary, syphilis was not the only disease that the prostitute could pass along to her sexual partner: like the lesbian, she could morally corrupt her sexual partner and turn them into a sexual degenerate or invert. Accordingly, the lesbian and the prostitute had to be policed.

As one can see, a wide variety of medical, biological, and social scientists explicitly asserted that the aberrant and dangerous sexual excesses of Black women, lesbians, and prostitutes were physiologically linked. Further, scientists speculated that lesbians and prostitutes had a natural inclination to hide their inferior or abnormal anatomic features in order to hide their deeper criminal natures. Several French physicians asserted that Baartman and other  Black women had developed large butts as a failed adaptation in order to hide their “primitive” pelvises and to “mimic” white women’s child-bearing hips in order to attract a mate. Analogously, these same physicians claimed that lesbians and prostitutes “hide” their atavistic traits with makeup and lavish feminine clothing to cover over their “mannishness” for the purpose of luring mates into sexual corruption. Lesbians, prostitutes, and Black women were, by virtue of their “biological sex,” dangerous individuals who hid their true natures so that they could recruit nice white boys and girls into degeneracy. With this history, one can now see how today’s transphobes refashion Victorian racial science and fear of what’s hiding under people clothes for the contemporary age with “bathroom bills” and the aggressive policing of transgender sex workers in order to “protect” women and children.

[butch-with-a-tortoise-deactivat]

This is really important

[runawaymarbles]

The greatest trick the right ever pulled was convincing queer people that other queer people are the enemy

[runawaymarbles]

The split attraction model is not the cause of internalized homophobia. Transphobes are not transphobes because of neopronuns. Lesbians are not harassed because bi women exist. Homophobes are not homophobes because people identify as “queer” instead of “gay” or “LGBT.”

[a-rose-remembered-deactivated20]

hey so since apparently enough people watched it to get it nominated for a golden globe

do not watch the movie "Music" by Sia

it is a disgusting portrayal of autism that should not be monetarily supported. do not give sia money for this film. she doesn't deserve to be rewarded for using autistic people as a plot device to further her own monetary gain. instead, please consider donating to autistic causes. this post has several links that lead to autistic-led charities where you can donate if you're able.

listen to and stand with autistic people. do not support this project.

[criophorus]

reminder:

tarot cards have set meanings, yes, but each deck has different depictions that change the meaning slightly (colors, images, directions, etc. can change the way it is interpreted), and your intuition should influence the reading. your first interpretation of the cards is what your gut is telling you. trust it. there are many ways to interpret any set of cards you draw, so listen to that little voice in your head. it knows best.

[cottageshadowwitch]

That’s why I always go through a new deck, look at each card, and write down what thoughts this card evokes in my mind. I also prefer decks where the Minor Arcana are artsy as well because of this reason.

[queeranarchism]

10 direct actions from the quarantine

A lot of great people are organizing mutual aid for those in quarantine right now. There is a great guide on how to do that as safely as possible: https://itsgoingdown.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-SupplyDistro-MASafetyPracticesZine-WEB.pdf

But what if you are the one in the quarantine? What can you do that actually has an impact? Here’s some ideas in no particular order.

Write to prisoners: https://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/174973174003/queeranarchism-queeranarchism

Call/text/e-mail people who need it. This can be your grandmother, your comrades, that co-worker who is in a bad marriage, people who you know are isolated and dealing with depression, etc. Taking care of people is always direct action.

Organize online group activities for your community. This can be serious content like a mental health support group if you have the skills to facilitate such a thing, but it can also be a synchronized movie-screening  or a multiplayer game. (if you do not have experience facilitating support groups, please choose those lighter activities first, mental health support is a skill you need to learn before jumping right in and messing with vulnerable people).

Raise funds for mutual aid projects. Maybe there is something you can make and sell online? Maybe you make music and can do livestreams with a donate button? Maybe you can take art commissions? If the thing you sell is a physical product, check the guide above for advice on how to sterilize it.

Talk to your building about a rent strike. This may be difficult depending on whether your whole building is in quarantine and whether you can reach them digitally, but it may be an option for some. Be sure to do so carefully. You want legal backup and a solid community plan on how to resist eviction before your landlord finds out. https://itsgoingdown.org/a-dozen-vacant-homes-reclaimed-by-unhoused-tenants-in-la-as-calls-for-rent-strike-grow-across-us/

Prepare to feed yourself and your community. Grow food in your window/balcony if you can. Baby greens can be grown in a few weeks. Access to fresh food is essential if you want to keep yourself as healthy as possible. Growing herbal medicine is also an option. It takes more time, but now is as good a time to start as any.

Learn a skill that you can use for direct actions in the future. Anything from lock-picking to encryption to anarchist mental health. Now is a great time to prepare for your next direct action.

Share a skill. Now is a great time to set up an online instruction for that thing you are good at. Be sure to practice good cyber security. Don’t use digital communication to pass on highly illegal skills. Do choose something practical. We do not need another damn theory podcast.

Update your cybersecurity. https://hackblossom.org/cybersecurity/

Take care of your physical and mental health as best you can. This may not seem like direct action but it is an essential part of it. We can only keep up the fight if we take care of ourselves. This list of tips for recovery from a stressful experience is also useful as a general mental-health starter kit: https://supportrecoveryteam.wordpress.com/tips-for-recovery/

IMPORTANT: do not pressure yourself to do all these things. In times of uncertainty is can be easy to fall into a workaholic state and push ourselves to our limits to ‘do something’. That’s a self-destructive impulse. Relax. Prioritize your well being. Pick something that you feel capable of doing and start there.

[kendallroy-deactivated20210425]

idk who needs to hear this but when your english teacher asks you to explain why an author chose to use a specific metaphor or literary device, it’s not because you won’t be able to function in real-world society without the essential knowledge of gatsby’s green light or whatever, it’s because that process develops your abilities to parse a text for meaning and fill in gaps in information by yourself, and if you’re wondering what happens when you DON’T develop an adult level of reading comprehension, look no further than the dizzying array of examples right here on tumblr dot com

[kendallroy-deactivated20210425]

this post went from 600 to 2400 notes in the time it took me to write 3 emails. i’m already terrified for what’s going to happen in there

[kendallroy-deactivated20210425]

k but also, as an addendum, the reason we study literary analysis is because everything an author writes has meaning, whether it was intentional or not, and their biases and agendas are often reflected in their choice of language and literary devices and so forth! and that ties directly into being able to identify, for example, the racist and antisemitic dogwhistles often employed by the right wing, or the subconscious word choices that can unintentionally illustrate someone’s bias or blind spot. LANGUAGE HAS WEIGHT AND MEANING! the way we communicate is a reflection of our inner selves, and that’s true regardless of whether it’s a short story or a novel or a blog post or a tweet. instead of taking a piece of writing at face value and stopping there, assuming that there is no deeper meaning or thought behind the words on the page, ask yourself these two questions instead:

1. what is the author trying to say? 2. what does the author maybe not realize they’re saying?

because the most interesting reading of any piece of literature, imho, usually occupies the space in between those questions.

[random-cluster-missile---moved]

Hey controversial opinion apparently but the rights, safety and well-being of ace and aro people shouldn’t be diminished down to simply “ace discourse” 

[fillianore-moved]

so metropolitan museum of art has a register of books they’ve published that are out of print and that you can download for free! they’re mostly books on art, archeology, architecture, fashion and history and i just think that’s super useful and interesting so i wanted to share! you can find all of the books available here!